Odd Mishaps and Local News Mix From Graettinger Era
A roundup of roadside accidents and curious events includes Bob Grimes and Billie Carter colliding with a cow, Walter Anderson writing home from Red Mann's Beach saying he has money, and Mrs. Flossie DeVaul breaking a leg after a ladder sank in mud. Also noted are library notices, local births, visits from relatives, and wedding celebrations across Graettinger and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Grimes
Billie Carter
Bossy
Koys
Walter Anderson
Redmann
Alexandria
Minn
Elk Horn
Flossie DeVaul
Rolfe
Marshall
John H. Pazour
Marion
Garner Public Library
A. Frances Fritsch
Graettinger M E Church Notes and Lutheran Services
Church notes list Graettinger and nearby Lutheran services with times, locations, and events. Includes Sunday School at 10, morning worship, Epworth League, picnic at Lost Island state park, choir rehearsals, and summer attendance remarks. Also mentions First Lutheran and Lost Island Luth church details, conferences, camps, and missionary activities with dates and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
M. E
Epworth League
Fhe
Win, Chi
ST. Pauls Lutheran Church
Trinity
Walnut
Lost Island State Park
South Walnut Aid
J. W. Knutsen
Werner Wn, Carlsen
Lutheran Church
Lutheran’ Church
Luther League Sun
Medicine Lake
Mpls
Okoboji L. L. Bible
Sun Cay
Merica
de Mandeager
Forget-Me-Not Motto and Folklore Origins
The text recounts Forget-me-not as Henry IV's exile motto and traces legends from Adam naming plants to a German river tale of lovers by the Danube. A doomed suitor retrieves flowers for the maiden, cramp ends his swim, and he sinks before delivering the bouquet with the cry forget me not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry IV
England
Adam
Danube
Change in hot countries adapt plants year round
The text notes that in hot countries with uniform temperatures there is no single season for plant growth. It mentions plants adapting to atmospheric pressure changes and that some still burst into heat or produce blooms throughout the year.
Young William H. Harrison Leaves School for Military Service
A six or seven year old student in Philadelphia recalls learning that in 1781 Gerard Arthur St Clair’s defeat by Native forces in Ohio prompted the young William Henry Harrison to join the military. He later rose to general and became president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Harrison
Philadelphia
Gerard
Arthur St. Clair
Ohio
Young Harrison
Naming the Hyacinth and the myth of Hyacinthus
A fragment explains how Ayacinthus inspired the name Hyacinth after a myth involving Apollo and Zephyr. A spectator at a quest between the gods is killed, and the Sun god grants the youth Hyacinth eternal life by causing a flower to grow in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fey Eaiate
Ayacinthus
Ati
Apollo
Zephyrya
Hyacinthus
W. H. M. 3. To Meet Friday July 12
Local notices announce meetings and social events for church and civic groups. Lutherans plan a July 12 home gathering hosted by Mrs. Luchsinger while Mrs. Sandvig hosts another July 12 Lutheran meeting. Junior C D A meets today in Emmetsburg. R N A members socialize after a Graettinger Osgood camp gathering. Ice cream social set for July 18 at First Lutheran. Auxiliary officers installed Tuesday with new chairmen named. Legion picnic planned for August second Sunday. committee lists and hosts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Viola Hansen
Cedar Falls
D. C. Barringer
Wisconsin
M. C. Grodland
Clear Lake
Armand Larsen
Larsen
Battle Creek
Jaws
Lucille Gilbaugh
Des Moines
Roy Gilbaugh
Coleman Hospital
Marguerite Jackson
Emmetsburg
Jack Jackson
Graettinger
Merle Grodland
Times
Labor
Waterloo
F. C. Mason
Thomas Donlon
Chicago
Ruthven
Ray Gleason
Donlon
Mary
Waverly
Iowa
R. J. Ladd
Jackie
Manhattan
Kansas
J. J. Sullivan
Ladd
Kansas State College
Helen Montag
West Bend
Vivian Sullivan
Cherokee
England
Rosemary
Oxford
France
H. George Franks
Sunday Herald-American
Bert Masters
Wm. Millen
D. E. McCarty
Wm. Galleger
Grachtinger
T. J. Hendricksen
Eatherville
Rita Mahan
C. A. Jensen
Vivian Hayes
Madison
Dakota
M. Hayes
Charles Shipton
Ripley Township
Butler County
Frank Johnson
Kewanee
Illinois
E. P. Murphy
Rockwell City
Ralph Fox
Anna Peterson
Sioux City
Arnold Doerning
Ed Bull
Donna
Betty
Minneapolis
Elmer Murphy
Manson
Murphy
M. L. Murphy
Carol Jean Thompsen
Minnesota
Floyd Tressler
Harry Niehtern
St. James
Louise Dominion
Maurine Gleason
Ora Lounsberry
Dorothy
Martin Olson
Leona
Armstrong
Harvey Nichtern
Leland Laughlin
Omaha
Graethinger
Estherville
Mr. Laughlin
Martin Laughlin
Ida Zeelska
Dorothy Ann
Arthur
Gilmore City
Wm. Stang
Adeline Zeelska
Aldora
Herman Hermann
Hermann Home
Lutheran Mission
E. Sandvig
I. Aege
Tunior C. D
C. D
Earl Jones
Osgood
First Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
First Lutheran Church
Tuesaday
Clarlesa Swanson
Lelah Ritzman
Clara Suss
Potter
Ida Cheee
Gertrude Népe
Lillian Barringer
Idella Fleming
Legion and Auxiliary
Ida Christensen
Clara Knutaen
Frans Swanson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kraft Chees
Aeete
P&g
Corydon
Villisca
Charlie Bales
Carbon
Ulysses S. Grant
D. S. Humeston
Albia
Humeston
Charles Worswick
Odebolt
Mr. Worswick
Albert Hatch
Sheldon
Frank Edwards
Oskaloosa
Ak Bae O48
Orig Inw Public Service Company
Chunk
van Camp’s Pork &Beans
MicCarty’s Grocery
M. E. Ladies’ Aid
Albert Powers
M. 0. Smith
Margaret Lancaster
Asa Hankey
Walter Hamilton
Wilder
York
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